Trencore Plastering, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Sep 16, 2019: Employee crushes leg when struck by falling rebar bundle

At 7:07 a.m. on September 16, 2019, an employee noticed that a bundle of rebar, approximately 20 feet long weighing 1 ton, was on a flatbed. The bundle of rebar was positioned in the horizontal position on the back end of the trailer, with the ends of the rebar hanging off the trailer. The employee attempted to take the rebar off the trailer, to have the trailer ready for pickup. The back end of the trailer has two folding spring ramps that attach at a pivot point. When the employee tugged on the bundle of rebar, the bundle passed the pivot point. The ramps rotated the around the point, causing the rebar to slide at an accelerated rate, crushing the employee's right leg. The employee was hospitalized for five days and then spent three weeks in a rehabilitation center.

Incident on Feb 22, 2018: Employee jumps from scaffold and fractures leg

At 9:15 a.m. on February 22, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a plastering construction company, was working from a scaffold and engaged in plastering at a new eight-story multifamily residential building. He attempted to jump from the scaffold's platform to a balcony and fell. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a fractured leg.

Incident on Dec 4, 2017: Employee falls from scaffold and incurs multiple fractures

At 10:30 a.m. on December 4, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a plastering company, was working from a scaffold and plastering the exterior walls at a multiemployer construction project, a five-story building. At lunchtime he began to climb down the scaffold ladder from the building's third floor level. He had some wet cement plaster on his gloves and boots, and he slipped and fell, a fall height of approximately 15 feet. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a fractured collarbone, a fractured spine, and injuries to three ribs.